Ace broadcaster Kwami Sefa Kayi has cleared the air about a social media post that sought to imply the government and the ruling New Patriotic Party had suppressed an interview he was supposed to have with the leader of the Movement for Change (M4C), Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen.
Mr. Sefa Kayi, host of Ghana’s leading morning show “Kokrokoo” aired on Peace FM, on Monday, February 5, issued a stern warning to the camp of Alan Kyerematen cautioning his communicators to cease misinforming the M4C flagbearer.
On Wednesday, February 7, seasoned journalist, Kweku Baako compelled Sefa Kayi, affectionately called “Chairman General”, to set the record straight as he (Baako) was worried about the viral post purporting the Presenter was influenced by some powerful hands to cancel the interview.
Breaking his silence over what actually transpired between him and Alan’s team, Mr. Sefa Kayi narrated he received a call from the Alan’s camp during the time he had taken a break from hosting the show.
According to him, “the caller wanted to schedule an interview for Alan Kyerematen but i informed the caller that i was not available” as the show was being run by his sit-in host, Nana Yaw Kesseh.
He therefore noted that it was when he resumed work on February 5 that he saw a flyer announcing the said Alan Kyerematen interview.
“I missed a call from my producer Kwadwo Asante around 11pm (Sunday). So the next morning, i returned the call and he inquired if i was privy to the flyer announcing Alan’s appearance, because earlier in the day (Sunday), i had already told him that the only outside interview planned for Monday was with the ECG MD, Dubik Mahama….with my regular panelists being Gideon Boako and Prof Joseph Osafo. I therefore directed Kwadwo Asante to send the right message across to the flagbearer’s team asking him (producer) to call them and rectify the anomaly because it is not true and it’s not right. It’s not even fair to Alan; that’s all I said.”
“Later, it was being circulated on social media that the government had coerced me to abort the interview, which called for my attention and subsequent caution to the team to refrain from such action by telling the man (Alan) the truth.” Sefa Kayi recounted.
The Chairman General was empahtic that there was never an interview scheduled for Alan Kyerematen,adding that his handlers are just trying to court disaffection between him and the ex-NPP presidential aspirant.
“…I’m like Alan Kyerematen is not a kid. That is what I said on air. He is an elderly man, experienced and living his life. The fact that someone disagrees with him politically doesn’t mean we should tarnish his image. You can’t do that; you can’t do that and there is no way that I, knowing Alan and who he is, that I would disrespect him. It is not in my DNA”, he explained.
“He wasn’t scheduled to be on the show”, he emphasized, asking “that I will agree to do a program and then cancel it. Who can influence me to cancel a program?”
Source: peacefmonline.com
